"Lyric and Allegorical, of the Earliest Ages, &c."", in London around 1797. It also appears in ""Mother Goose's Quarto: or Melodies Complete"", printed in Boston, Massachusetts around 1825. A verse collected from Aberdeen, Scotland and published in 1868 had the words: <poem style=""margin-left: 2em;"">Peter, my neeper, Had a wife, And he couidna' keep her, He pat her i' the wa', And lat a' the mice eat her.</poem> This verse is also considered to be an older version of the rhyme Eeper Weeper. Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater ""Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater"" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud"
"searches the house in his absence, and finds her seal-skin thanks to her youngest daughter who had once seen it being hidden under the roof. In ""Selkie Wife"", a version from Deerness on the Mainland, Orkney, the husband locked away the seal-skin in a sea-kist (chest) and hid the key, but the seal woman is said to have acquiesced to the concealment, saying it was ""better tae keep her selkie days oot o' her mind"". However, when she discovered her skin, she departed hastily leaving her clothes all scattered about. A fisherman named Alick supposedly gained a wife by stealing"
"They will place a tiny pea beneath twenty thick downy mattresses. If Winnifred is unable to sleep due to the pea, then she will be sensitive enough to marry Dauntless (""Sensitivity""). Meanwhile, Winnifred tells Dauntless and the ladies in waiting about her home in the swamp (""The Swamps of Home"") and meets the King, and they immediately like each other. Then, after spilling a purple vase filled with fresh new baby's breath, Winnifred is caught cleaning the mess by Lady Larken who mistakes her for a chambermaid. Soon Harry gets mad at Larken for her mistake and they get in"
"huge wave, she becomes trapped in a human form, known as a ""Selkie"" or ""seal maiden."" Although she lives as the wife of a fisherman and bears him children, known as ""ronans"" or ""little seals,"" she never quite loses her ""sea-longing."" Eventually she finds the ""seal-skin"" which the fisherman has hidden and slips back into the ocean. However, she can’t forget her husband and children and can even be seen swimming close to the shore, keeping a watchful and loving eye on them. Rónán Rónán (anglicized Ronan) is an Irish language male given name meaning ""little seal"" (""Rón"" meaning ""seal"","
"book would be raided again in 1922 to compile a collection of nursery rhymes called ""Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes"" as a companion to ""Appley Dapply"". The book opens with a three-stanza rhyme about Appley Dapply, a mouse who raids cupboards for treats, and is accompanied with three illustrations, one which depicts a little mouse running away from a cupboard with a tray of pies: The following rhyme tells of Peter Rabbit's sister, Cotton-tail, and her implied courtship by a little black rabbit who leaves a gift of carrots at her door. In ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"", Cotton-tail is married"
"a wife. Potter responded with a series of miniature letters on the theme as if from Jeremy and his pals. After Potter's death in 1943, licences were issued to various firms to produce the Potter characters. Jeremy and his friends were released as porcelain figurines, plush toys, and other merchandise. Jeremy Fisher is a toad that lives in a damp little house amongst the buttercups at the edge of a pond. His larder and back passage are ""slippy-sloppy"" with water, but he likes getting his feet wet; no one ever scolds and he never catches cold. One day, Jeremy finds"
"Little Catskin Little Catskin is an American fairy tale from Kentucky, collected by Marie Campbell in ""Tales from the Cloud Walking Country"", listing her informant as Big Nelt. It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include ""Catskin"", ""Cap O' Rushes"", ""Donkeyskin"", ""Allerleirauh"", ""The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter"", ""The She-Bear"", ""Mossycoat"", ""Tattercoats"", ""The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress"", and ""The Bear"". A man put away his dead wife's wedding gown, saying he would not remarry to a less pretty woman. His two older daughters mistreated the youngest daughter until she had to patch"
"woman to give her the larger pumpkin. And so the old woman gave it to Bawang Merah. Bawang Merah happily brought the pumpkin that the old woman gave, while imagining how much jewelry she would get. Returning home, the Widow welcomed her beloved daughter. Not long after, the pumpkin was smashed to the ground, but instead of jewelry, various terrifying poisonous snakes appeared. The Widow and Bawang Merah finally realized what they had been doing all this time was wrong and asked Bawang Putih to forgive them. The story takes place in a simple village household. The head of this"
"around his castle with a telescope on the turret above the west wing, spies his younger son Freddie Threepwood kissing a girl in a spinney by the end of the water-meadow. Enraged, he confronts the young man, who reveals the girl is named Aggie, and is a ""sort of cousin"" of Head Gardener Angus McAllister. Emsworth demands that McAllister send the girl away, but the angered Scotsman hands in his notice. Realising that McAllister has gone, he realises that deputy head gardener, Robert Barker, is not up to the job of preparing his precious pumpkin, ""The Hope of Blandings"", for"
"knack for creating mini poems. After sleeping with Shell for several months, he leaves her for America, where he eventually remembers Shell and writes to her. He is a player, having sex with Bridie and Shell. Rose: Shell's stillborn baby, named after Father Rose. Half sister of the baby in the cave. From Borders.com, one reader says that ""A Swift Pure Cry"" ""uses Irish dialect and lyrical prose to draw the reader into Shell's world. Her courage and faith shine clearly through this heartbreaking tale."" Another reader on Amazon says that they were grateful that ""this story addressed some serious"
"a holiday and orders Bartholomew to tell the Royal Bell Ringer to announce the occasion. The bell ringer tries to oblige, but the bell will not ring; the oobleck is falling harder and turns out to be both gelatinous and adhesive, and it has gummed up the bell. When Bartholomew sees a mother bird trapped in her nest by the oobleck, and a cow trapped in the oobleck, he makes the decision to warn the kingdom. The Royal Trumpeter tries to sound the alarm, but oobleck gets into the trumpet and the trumpeter gets his hand stuck trying to remove"
"displayed; for example, Linus is almost always depicted holding his blue security blanket—for which he is often mocked by other characters—and often sucks his thumb. Linus is the only member of his group who believes in the Great Pumpkin, an alternative Santa Claus–like figure who, according to Linus, appears every Halloween arising from the most ""sincere"" pumpkin patch, bearing gifts. He occasionally temporarily convinces other characters the Great Pumpkin is real, only to stubbornly maintain his faith when they lose theirs. On one occasion, Linus had a commanding lead in the polls for school president—until he brought up the subject"
"Enchanted Pig"", ""Cupid and Psyche"", ""The Tale of the Hoodie"", ""The Iron Stove"", ""The Sprig of Rosemary"", and ""White-Bear-King-Valemon"". There is a man with three daughters. One day, he must leave on a journey and asks each of his daughters what they would like him to bring back. The oldest wants diamonds, the second pearls, and the youngest a singing, springing lark. The man is able to find diamonds and pearls, but he fails to find a lark. On his journey home, the man sees a lark in a tall tree, and orders his servant to catch it. Suddenly a"
"find in Mary's purse. The household is ruled by father Jim Field, modeled on his experiences in the military, as is illustrated by a flashback sequence to the two weeks he forced his family to spend trapped in his self-built backyard bomb shelter, for ""practice"". Jim works as a used-car salesman and he is keen on keeping up appearances in front of the neighbors. He is psychologically unstable, drinks heavily and cheats on his wife (which she accepts) although he is also oddly protective of her, insisting that his daughters watch her all the time. His depressed wife Mary, a"
"imprisoned inside of a pumpkin by a resurrected villain named Dr. Evil, who is taking revenge for being burned at the stake as a witch by their ancestor Johnathon Harkman on Halloween night in 1747. Jimmy then heads on a Halloween quest to free his grandfather. With Doctor Evil on the loose, Jimmy finds the countryside has become inhabited by scary creatures such as zombies and werewolves that can injure him physically and also make his blood impure. Fortunately, even though Grampa is trapped in pumpkin form, he is available to give Jimmy advice on occasion with the push of"
"""resourceful"" wood mouse called Thomasina Tittlemouse, gnaws a hole in the sack and the bunnies escape. Their parents fill the sack with rotten vegetables, and the animals hide under a bush to observe Mr. McGregor's reaction. Mr. McGregor does not notice the substitution, and carries the sack home, continually counting the six rabbits. His wife claims the skins for herself, intending to line her old cloak with them. But when she reaches into the sack and feels the vegetables and discovers them, she becomes very, very, angry. Then, as a result, she accuses her husband of playing a trick with"
"The Nettle Spinner The Nettle Spinner is a Flemish and French fairy tale collected by Charles Deulin in ""Contes du roi Cambrinus"" under the title ""La Fileuse d'orties"". Andrew Lang included it in ""The Red Fairy Book"". A great lord was so cruel to his peasants that they called him Burchard the Wolf. His wife was kind and generous, and would secretly do good for those whom her husband wronged. One day Burchard saw a peasant woman named Renelde. He told her if she came to the castle, he would make her the countess's lady-maid. She refused because she had"
"He remained active into his eighties. He made his garden into a bird sanctuary and did not allow hunters onto his property. He was very friendly with the neighbourhood children and often gave them candy. He corresponded with Claire regularly from 1859 until 1876. He unsuccessfully tried to persuade Claire to write a biography of him. He often presented items to his friends and visitors that he claimed to have found on his world travels or during his days with Shelley and Byron. As an old man he lived with a much younger woman, Emma Taylor. They told people she"
"be asleep. After a while he heard the gankeynogue telling his wife about how he was kept in the chest. ‘I was ten days in that place,’ says he. ‘And I full of venom against the farmer.’ ‘But it’s the cunning lad I am, for I never let on where the treasure is buried at all.’ ‘Where is it!’ asks the gankeynogue’s wife. ‘Under a stone in the stree before his house,’ says the gankey. ‘And herself tripped and spilled a bucket of milk just over the place this morning. I was looking out on a hole in the chest,"
"the king asked for the pestle and put him in prison until he got it. The peasant lamented his folly in not listening to his daughter. The king had him brought before him again, and asked what he meant. The peasant explained. The king summoned the daughter and set her riddle: to come to him neither naked nor clothed, neither walking nor riding, neither on the road nor off it. If she guessed it, she had proved her cleverness and would marry him. She wrapped herself in a fish net, and tied it to a donkey's tail so that it"
"her Scrooge like ways on Halloween by recalling to her in her sleep that Agatha or Aggie as she was known as a child and a witch costume that Agatha wore and loved as a child. Agatha woke up realized that she was wrong on not allowing Ralph to go trick or treating and discovering Ralph and the now smiling pumpkin in his room apologized to Ralph on how she treated him and escorting Ralph by putting on a witches' hat and carrying a broom while Ralph wore a pirate's costume with the now smiling pumping in tow surprising the"
"abode the tree to allow him shelter as he is their guest. On one of the branches of the tree lived a pigeon family, whose lady-of-the-nest had gone out for food but not returned. The male pigeon lamented how he missed his wife, cooing, ""One's home is not a home, it is a wife that makes a home. Without my wife, my house is desolate. If my wife does not come back today, I do not want to live, for there is no friend like a wife."" That missing wife of lamenting pigeon was in the cage below. The pigeon"
"Linus's mythological being, ""The Great Pumpkin"". Charlie Brown was always shown trying to convince Linus that The Great Pumpkin didn't exist, but Linus was always shown to hope that The Great Pumpkin will arise from a ""sincere"" pumpkin patch and bless him with toys, making Charlie Brown's efforts in vain. On Valentine's Day, Charlie Brown was frequently shown waiting at his mail box to get a Valentine from a girl, but, in almost every case, Charlie Brown doesn't receive any, though on the special ""Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown"", he received a Valentine from Violet out of pity, and he"
"The dragon and daughter The dragon and daughter (Danish: lindorm og jomfru) is a Danish folktale. Once upon a time, a father was gathering nuts in the forest for his daughter. One nut had a worm inside, which the daughter took care of. Over time, the worm grew into a dragon, the The daughter was not able to send away the dragon. On the advice of the villager, the daughter left with the Lindworm for an island. However, the island did not have a hill, so the daughter and dragon moved to the north of the island. Daughter and dragon"
"uses the dead petals to make a dress. Then, trying to hang on the plant, she falls into a postman's bag and is thrown back to the owl. Back at the house, she finds a package with a new marzipan pig - one without any knowledge of love or loneliness. The mouse eats the new marzipan pig and falls asleep. The little boy who lives in the house opens the package (it is his birthday) and finds the mouse who escapes back into its hole. The boy tells his mother that he saw a mouse in a pink dress, though"
"grazed on the hills. In the lodge built for Owl Woman and Bent, a shrine-like area held sacred and religious items. Supplies were stowed away, including cooking utensils, food, clothing, bedding, riding gear and weapons. By the 1840s two of Owl Woman's younger sisters, Island and Yellow Woman, joined them, in accordance with tribal custom for successful men. In 1845 Yellow Woman bore William a boy named Charley, or Pe-ki-ree meaning White Hat in Cheyenne. In April Bent left the fort for the six-month supply train journey to Missouri. During the summer months his family went back and forth between"
"(every Achewood character has at least a slight interest in cooking, but Téodor's talent in this area is the most proficient). He had an online relationship with a girl named Penny, and eventually it is shown how the relationship ended up. Penny made Téodor the T-emblazoned sweater he wears, leaving it as a gift for him in the April 18, 2002, comic. While the other stuffed animals of the house treat Phillipe as a roommate, Téodor instead fills the role of Phillipe's guardian while the young otter is separated from his mother; he goes as far as to buy numerous"
"players. Again, the Great Pumpkin never appears. Great Pumpkin The Great Pumpkin is an unseen holiday figure in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only Linus van Pelt believes. According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on Halloween evening. Every year, Linus sits in a pumpkin patch (a place Linus believes is the most sincere and lacking in hypocrisy) on Halloween night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to appear. Invariably, the Great Pumpkin fails to turn up, but a humiliated yet"
"therefore she chose the smaller one. Returning home, the Step-Mother and Bawang Merah were furious because Bawang Putih was late. She told them what happened from the time her mother's cloth was washed away until her encounter with the old woman in the cave. Her stepmother was still furious because she was already late and only brought one small pumpkin, so the mother smashed the pumpkin to the ground. ""Whack..."" and the pumpkin was broken, but it was miraculous that in the pumpkin there were beautiful golden jewelry and diamond ornaments. The Widow and Bawang Merah were very shocked. They"
"Fanny stands out by always sitting alone in church and displaying some pop of color to brighten her dark mourning clothes. She befriends Red Dress (Esther), and convinces Red Dress to help her put on a Shakespearean play (""Macbeth"") to distract the members of the Fort. Later, Red Dress goes to visit Fanny in the hallway that she has had to make her home after becoming a widow, and finds Fanny in bed with her striker (the man who's residence the hallway is a part of) who is named Bailey Roe. Pumpkin: A young woman travelling to various mid-western pow"
"death (He gets sucked up by a vacuum cleaner). He can fly, lift heavy objects, understand human speech and type poetry. He is also insatiably hungry. George Buckman: Flora’s father, a small and sad man who hasn’t smiled since his divorce, that is, until he is ""saved"" by Ulysses. Phyllis Buckman: Flora’s mother is a romance novelist whose most prized possession is a lamp which she calls Mary. She calls it Mary because she has a little lamb. Tootie Tickham: Flora’s neighbor who loves poetry and receives a very powerful vacuum cleaner from her husband. William Spiver: Mrs. Tickham’s nephew"
"stayed in a tree by a well. A shoemaker's wife and daughter, going to fetch water, both thought her shadow was theirs, and thought themselves too beautiful to fetch water. The shoemaker went himself, saw her, and persuaded her to come down. When she stayed his house, some young men tried to woo her, but she made them stick to the latch so they could not approach her. The shoemaker was making shoes for the king's son, who was to marry, and the daughter persuaded him to take her. She conjured up a silver and a gold pigeon, and grains."
"Swee'Pea Swee'Pea (alternatively spelled Swee'pea and Sweapea on some titles and once called Sweep Pea) is a character in E. C. Segar's comic strip ""Thimble Theatre""/""Popeye"" and in the cartoon series derived from it. His name refers to the flower known as the sweet pea. Before his addition to the animated shorts, the name ""Sweet Pea"" was a term of affection used by main character Popeye. In the cartoon ""We Aim to Please"", he addressed girlfriend Olive Oyl that way. In the comics, Swee'Pea is a baby found on Popeye's doorstep (actually delivered to him in a box) in a"